New Exhibit at Lake Placid Olympic Museum Highlights Importance of Snowmaking

New exhibit at Lake Placid Olympic Museum highlights importance of snowmaking

The new museum exhibit educates visitors about the snowmaking technology that saved the day ahead of the 1980 Winter Olympics, when Lake Placid was experiencing a significant snow drought

Road to Milan: Meet the Virginia Olympic Torch Bearer from the 1980 Lake Placid Games

Suzy Mink, the Virginia delegate for the 1980 Lake Placid Olympic Games torch relay, exits a boat on the York River with the Olympic Torch in hand. (Suzy Mink) YORK COUNTY — Suzy Mink was just 25 years old when she was chosen as a torchbearer for the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics. After an application process that included an essay on how she embodies the Greek ideal of the whole man, an interview with the Director of the Torchbearing Relay a…